Solemnity of the Holy Tritinty

 June 15, 2025

This is translated from Spanish, a commentary by Father Robinson Gonzalez of St. Micahels Parish in Newark, New Jersey. You can dind the original, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txsp6cwjChI

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"Today, the Church is celebrating the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.
So, when we speak of this solemnity, we speak of the family of God..., we speak of a God who is father, who is son, who is holy spirit, and at the same time we are talking about one God in three persons.
Each of these persons has a mission....
The task of the Father is to create
The task of the Son is to save
The task of the The Holy Spirit is to sanctify....
And although it seems difficult for us to understand the mystery of one God in three persons, I want to explain it in a more human part.

It is difficult for us to understand - when it is difficult for us to practice, right? There is a phrase that says, "the one who worries about how money is managed, it's because he steals more than the one who is managing...because he has more bad intentions."
Is it true that when you you worry so much about money, it's because you're not going to do it right?
So calm down; don't worry and don't think so badly of others.

I say this because in order to understand the Trinity, one must live in unity. And it is difficult for us to understand three persons in one God because it is also difficult for us to live in unity.
We do not we understand how we can be so different - and united.

The difference in the mystery of God is that each one has a task. But even though each one has a task, that task does not demerit the task of the other. And apart from that, each helps the task of the other.
Its continuity – One creates, while another saves, and another person is sanctifying.
And when those three do their task, together, and are united, THAT is called the unity of God.

You may have heard me say that, “unity does not consist in that all being the same, but in being so different, together.”
That's the principle of unity, a way to understand the trinity.
I explain this subject of the trinity, so as to say - “Let's learn to live in unity in the way of God, and THEN you will understand what it means ” Three In One.”

Think of your family, for example. When your son does his thing, or you do yours, but for the benefit o the family, that's the principle of unity.

This is NOT simply putting three heads together in one, or putting six hands together in one. No, unity consists three different jobs coming together to benefit a single family, and, where what belongs to one, belongs to all, and vice-versa. That is the true principle of unity.
Sometimes it becomes a little difficult for us to understand this, because it is difficult for us to practice it.

So, I would invite you this day not so much to understand how God is one in three, but how I can be one in my family. How can I be one in my work? How can I be one with my companions? How could I give myself?

If each of us would give everything this way, and strive to understand each other more... the principle of unity would be a reality.
A beautiful phrase of the master Jesus is that everyone is one - that one's pain hurts us all. That when someone needs something, we are all one and that no one judges and accepts the difference of others in this world.

Sometimes we Christians of this world are divided because we are judging each other, because we are always criticizing each other and pointing out what we think are flaws in others. You cant have unity that way. The man who wanted most to have unity was Jesus...and we find the people who follow him to often be the most divided.

Why? Because we all want to be the ones who know everything. Because we all want to be right, mor ethan the other guy. Because we want to become OWNERS of God in our lives.... when the only thing we have to be owners of is service, and of love for others.
I believe that the great task today with this solemnity of the Holy Trinity is to plant a little seed of unity.

What do I mean? That each of our lives is a seed of sharing, a seed of love, a seed of understanding and tranquility and peac.
So on this day and on this solemnity, God is one in three MISSONS.
And us? We are people with our own mission, which is to work for the true unity of all.

Again, The Father creates, The Son saves, and The Holy Spirit sanctifies – three missions in one unified God.
So when you work - it's to think about your family.

When you cook, it's thinking about your family.
When you study, think about your family.
If we each thought about the other, we would be more united and hurt each less. We would not cause so much pain, so much division, so much hurt.

More than ever we need unity. We need each one of us to be a person with a task, with a commitment, a duty – to sow unity as their task in the family of God.

So today let us ask the Lord....”Lord help me to discern my mission, my work, but help me to build every day the principles of unity, love, fraternity, so that where there is peace of mind there is joy. God, bless and help us to understand The Trinity – but not just from theory, but from our practical mission of sowing unity in your name!”

The Lord be with you and the blessing of God almighty, Father, Son and Holy Spirit descend on you and accompany you always. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph... Aleluya!